Knox County, IN: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Knox County, Indiana, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. Lender pressure in Knox County registers 48/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind. 12 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 15/100 distress. ZIP-level distress ranges from 16/100 at the top down to 15/100.

Currently peak, Knox County saw prices rise 4.3% year over year, at 26/100 phase confidence. On a market plateau, broad sweeps stop paying leaving the wins in individual deals.

Near the cycle top at +4.3% YoY (26/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A mid-cycle 48/100 lender reading implies a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 47578 (16/100), ZIP 47512 (15/100), ZIP 47516 (15/100), ZIP 47524 (15/100), ZIP 47528 (15/100), ZIP 47535 (15/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. The breakdown continues through 47557, 47561, 47573, 47591, 47596, 47597 and more.

Profile-wise, the Knox County ZIPs on file report a median household income near $59,140 (below the US norm), a 10.7% poverty rate, residents with a median age around 44.8, an owner-occupied share of 82%, 9.3% of units sitting vacant, typical home values near $114,470. Income, equity and tenure like these signal the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

With a low 15/100 reading over 12 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition rather than a blanket buy. Inside DLRadar, each Knox County property carries owner, APN and address, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

Whether Knox County, Indiana carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Knox County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

In Knox County, Indiana, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. What supports the Knox County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

At the ZIP level, the sharpest readings in Knox County are 47578 (16/100), 47512 (15/100), 47516 (15/100), 47524 (15/100), 47528 (15/100), 47535 (15/100). DLRadar also scores 47557, 47561, 47573, 47591, 47596, 47597 across the county. Each code carries its own composite built from that ZIP's foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien and lender signals, so two neighboring ZIPs can diverge sharply even inside one county.

Under Knox County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.